Sad Stamkos

02.25.2009 | Author: Steven Ovadia | Posted in Lightning, Thrashers

I think this is the saddest thing I’ve read in a while (actually, this is, but stay with me).

Steve Stamkos’s weekly diary is about how he’s started collecting sticks and pucks. It concludes with this sad note:

I asked for [Alex] Ovechkin’s at the All-Star event but I didn’t get a chance to get it. Hopefully he still remembers me before the end of his career.

How low is Stamkos’s morale? How can a first-overall pick think anyone in the league doesn’t know who he is or will forget him? If the Lightning are committed to Stamkos long-term (and I’m not sure they are), this is something they need to work on. Like with psychoanalysis. Maybe twice a week.

Interestingly, Joe Henderson predicted this whole scenario last summer.

Also, the Thrashers are suddenly very hot shorthanded: six in their past seven games. I haven’t watched much of the Thrashers this season, but I’m thinking I might start checking in more often. With Tom Renney out as Rangers coach, I don’t think I’ll get to see the same two or three short-handed goals a week I’ve been enjoying watching the Rangers.

Related posts:

  1. Stamkos Busts the Bust Myth Are we too impatient with first-round draft picks? Maybe. Even though he finished last season relatively strong, Steve Stamkos was...
  2. Will Crosby Find His Own Wings? Yesterday, Larry Brooks had some great old-school gossip about the Penguins: apparently Sidney Crosby is not very happy with the...
  3. Return of the Macks ...
  4. View From the Bottom ...
  5. Bondra Hot for ‘lanta? ...